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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...debate among friends, takes place during a single Fourth of July weekend. On Friday night, Dave (Henry Jaglom) and Judy (Patrice Townsend)--who are actually ex-spouses in real life--spend a peaceful, romantic dinner together, eating whitefish, sipping wine and kissing. Dave's sauteed seafood is the first meal that he has prepared in the course of their their five-year marriage and, ironically, it is concocted to celebrate their divorce...

Author: By Daniel B. Wroblewski, | Title: Nearly Never | 2/21/1986 | See Source »

...breakfast toast has gone cold. In a ranting fury he rings for a servant and, almost as an afterthought, gulls the hapless lackey into believing himself responsible for the killing. Then, confident of his escape and frugal to the last, Lord Are points to the remains of the meal and tells his dupe, with a dismissive flourish, "Throw the toast to the hens on your way to prison...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Leftist Anthem Restoration | 2/3/1986 | See Source »

...When he went to the hospital the other day for his colon checkup, he had been off solid food for 24 hours. After then enduring all the indignities of a thorough exam, he gave a thumbs up, climbed into his helicopter for Camp David, ate a hearty meal and announced to his weary companions that they would all see a movie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: A Quick Shot of Adrenaline | 2/3/1986 | See Source »

...like life. It cannot be had in installments. Freedom is indivisible--we have it all or we are not free," said Dr. King. There's no victory without something won. It doesn't matter if you're allowed into the restaurant if you can't pay for the meal. You can't dream if you can't go to sleep, a victim of supply-side insomnia...

Author: By Christopher J. Farley, | Title: Well, Happy Birthday | 1/22/1986 | See Source »

...such Christmas gifts as papyrus, Arabic phrase books and necklaces adorned with Sphinx pendants. "They were laughing and dancing a little to the belly-dance music playing in the shop," recalled Proprietor Nagui Makari. The Americans, guarded by Egyptian uniformed police and plainclothesmen, enjoyed an early-afternoon meal in the grand ballroom, dining on tomato soup, roast chicken and French pastry. One of the officers offered a prayer: "We are going home. We have finished our job. Let us thank...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Fall of the Screaming Eagles | 12/23/1985 | See Source »

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